Factors Influencing the Inspiration for Chinese Language of Students at Narinukun School DOI:

Abstract

         The purpose of this research is to 1) Study the factors affecting the inspiration in choosing to study Chinese and 2) Study the guidelines for inspiration in choosing to study Chinese among students at Narinukul School. It is a combination of quantitative and qualitative research. In quantitative research, questionnaire is used as research tools, data are analyzed with descriptive statistics, the sample is 86 high school students from Narinukul School who chose to study Chinese selected by using the purposive selection method. In the qualitative research, interviews were used as a tool to collect data from 38 students who were enrolled in Chinese language courses in the 1st semester of 2023. The research results found that most students are female, 68.6 percent. The education level of most students is Mathayom 4. Most are not of Chinese descent, 83.7 percent. They have Chinese ancestry in their families, 39.5 percent. Factors affecting the decision to choose to study Chinese language include: 1) teacher’s knowledge and ability to teach Chinese with an average of 4.26; 2) the popularity of Chinese language in today's society with an average of  3.85; 3) in the family aspect, the expectation from family with an average of 2.77; 4) The highest inner inspiration to be proud  in oneself for developing and learning new languages with an average of 4.21.